In this file photo, date unknown, made by the U.S. Department of Defense, flag-draped coffins of US war casualties are seen aboard a cargo plane in Dover, Del. (AP Photo/thememoryhole.org/file)

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There are some ugly truths about Washington that persist no matter which party is in power: Spending always increases, Wall Street donors always get taken care of, and, maybe most troublesome, “the city’s political gears are always greased for war,” writes Joe Scarborough for Politico. Obama has expanded Bush’s war in Afghanistan and the drone campaign in Pakistan, and started a conflict in Libya. “Against this chaotic backdrop of military adventurism run amok, there is no countervailing force to balance a reckless, skewed foreign policy.”

The media describes conservatives who oppose the wars as "isolationists," which is “ludicrous, especially in light of what these outlets wrote in the age of Dick Cheney." This isn’t some new strain of GOP isolationism. “It is a return to the conservative principles the Republican Party tossed aside over the past decade," and the media needs to respect it. “It is also past time the media start calling the war in Afghanistan what it really is: a fiasco.” (Click to read about John McCain's criticism of the "isolationism" in the GOP field.)

i watch morning joe every morning. scarborough is right on. the us is wasting billions on this travesty. and for what? to train afghan soldiers to grow balls? to shore up the failed karzai? to build schools and roads? what about our schools and roads? look, this is a sub-3rd world country. steeped in their ways and mores and unwilling to step into the 21st century. let them go. pull out the troops. let them go back to their poppies and whatever else they hold dear. this conversation would not happen if there was a draft. oh no. not at all. the rich war mongers would not want to send their kids there. if there had been a draft they would be screaming to bring troops home and end this stupid expensive failure.

Fascist_Jack

Jun 28, 2011 4:00 PM CDT

Unless you are willing to kill thousands to change the system, then the system shall always run you (that goes for me to.) Violence is what gives weight to authority and it is also what dissipates it. The truth is, all governments are nothing more than glorified criminals of the highest level. ALL governments were originally formed by simply clubbing someone over the head and taking their booty. None of your meaningless ballots will change a thing. Ballots are something to keep a peasantry in denial that they are nothing more than serfs. The best way to control someone is to give them the illusion that THEY ARE IN CONTROL! 666

Fondue

Jun 28, 2011 3:55 PM CDT

Obama started the conflict in Libya? An outright lie if I ever saw one. That wasn't even in the Politico article.